We hope you’re ready to brew up some spooktacular sips this weekend!
This round up of Halloween libations will add a charming twist to your night and make your taste buds dance with eerie delight. Cheers to a hauntingly delightful Halloween!
Spiced Pumpkin Pasadena Martini
Courtesy of Hotel Dena — Pasadena, CA
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Woody Creek Vodka
- 1 oz. Monin Cold Brew Concentrate
- .5 oz. Monin Spiced Pumpkin Syrup
Preparation: Shake and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh grated nutmeg and a candied orange on a stainless steel skull cocktail pick.
The Lingering Spirit
Courtesy of Hotel Dena — Pasadena, CA
Ingredients:
- 2 oz Fords Gin
- .75 oz Garden Syrup
- .75 oz Lime Juice
- 1 vial of Coconut Charcoal
Preparation: Shake and strain into a DOF glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with a black spider.
Candy Corn Old Fashioned
Courtesy of The Bellmoor Inn and Spa — Rehoboth Beach, DE
- 2. oz. Bourbon (we suggest using a Bonded or 50% ABV Bourbon option)
- .5 oz. Candy Corn Syrup*
- 4 Dashes Orange Bitters
Preparation: Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice. Stir for 15 seconds. Strain over a large ice cube into a rocks glass. Express orange peel over liquid & rub swath on rim. Garnish with orange peel, luxardo cherry, candy corn.
*Candy Corn Syrup Recipe
Ingredients:
- 300g. Candy Corns
- 250g. Water
- 150g. Fine White Sugar
Directions: Combine all ingredients in a pot. Over medium heat, stir regularly until sugar and candy corns are fully dissolved/emulsified. Remove from heat and cool down to room temperature. Fine strain. Bottle, label, date, refrigerate and use as needed.
Basic Witch
Courtesy of Aloft Denver Downtown’s WXYZ bar — Denver, CO
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz. Mezcal
- 1.5 oz. Aperol
- .75 oz. Lemon Juice
- .5 oz. Honey Simple
- 3 Dashes of Bohemian Bitters
Toil n Trouble
Courtesy of Aloft Denver Downtown’s WXYZ bar — Denver, CO
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Midori
- 1 oz. Cointreau
- 1 oz. Lime
- .75 oz. Simple
- 3 Dashes of Toasted Cinnamon Bitters
This spooky drink is inspired by The Song of the Witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth!
Black Blood Sour
Courtesy of Filmland Spirits
Ingredients:
- 1¼ oz. Filmland Spirits Moonlight Mayhem! Bourbon 1 oz. Amaretto
- ½ oz. Lemon Juice
- ¼ oz. Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
- 1/8 tsp. Activated Charcoal (or Squid Ink)
Preparation: Combine all ingredients into a tin with ice and shake. Double strain and then serve in a double walled martini or coupe glass. Place a small cube of dry ice in the cocktail.
Corpse Reviver
Courtesy of Sheraton Dallas — Dallas, TX
Ingredients:
- 2 oz. Coconut Fat Washed Aged Rum
- 1.5 oz. Clarified Pineapple Juice
- 2 Dashes Chocolate Bitters
- .25 oz. Fresh Lime
- 1/2 tsp. Activated Charcoal
- Edible Gold Shimmer
Monster Margarita
Courtesy of Twang
Ingredients:
- Twang-A-Rita Black Salt
- 2 oz. Tequila
- 1 oz. Melon Liqueur
- 1 oz. Lime Juice
- ½ oz. Agave Syrup
- Honeydew Melon
- Blueberries
Preparation: Rim your glass with Twang-A-Rita Black Salt. Fill serving glass with ice. In a cocktail shaker add tequila, melon liquor, lime juice and agave syrup. Shake for 10-15 seconds. To garnish, scoop small balls out of honeydew melon. Place a blueberry in the center of each melon ball to resemble an eyeball. Skewer the melon eyeballs onto a cocktail stick and enjoy!
The Dead Rabbit
Courtesy of Arbella Chicago — Chicago, IL
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. 400 Conejos Mezcal
- .75 oz. Gran Centenario Plata Tequila
- .25 oz. Cynar
- .75oz Raspberry Syrup*
- 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
- 1 Egg White
Preparation: In a shaker, add mezcal, tequila, cynar, raspberry syrup, lime juice, and egg white. Vigorously dry shake for 30 seconds. Add a scoop of ice to the existing tin and shake for another 30 seconds. Double strain into a coup and garnish with a spider ring.
*Raspberry Syrup Recipe
Ingredients:
- 12 oz. Fresh Raspberries
- 32 oz. Sugar
- 32 oz. Water
Directions: In a saucepan, lightly smash half a cup of raspberry with half a cup of sugar. Add 1/2 cup of water and heat until all the sugar is dissolved, then let steep for 20 minutes.
*For Halloween, add 4 bags of Celestial Raspberry tea for that spooky black color!
Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary
Courtesy of Pink House Alchemy — Fayetteville, AR
Ingredients (4 servings)
- 1 cup Tomato Juice
- 1/2 oz. Worcestershire
- 1/2 tbsp. Horseradish
- 1 tbsp. Hot Sauce
- 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
- Salt
- Pepper
- 8 oz. Vodka
- 2 Activated Charcoal Capsules
- 1 oz. pH Smoldered Bitters
- Mozzarella Ball
- Gooseberry with Cape
- Pepperoncini Pepper
- Cherry Tomatoes
Preparation: Stir all drink ingredients together excluding vodka, actives charcoal, and bitters. In a separate glass, stir vodka with 2 capsules of activated charcoal and pH Smoldered Bitters. Rim glasses with black sea salt and lime juice. Divide the bloody mary mix between 4 glasses evenly. Then, top with vodka/charcoal/bitters mixture dividing evenly between 4 glasses. Garnish with mozzarella ball (flame with blow torch), gooseberry with cap, cherry tomatoes, and a pepperoncini pepper.
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Source: Mixology News
